Anwaar
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Speak the truth and keep on coming.
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Post by Anwaar on Oct 10, 2005 2:11:11 GMT 4
As we draw closer to the 2000th American death in the Cheney/Bush illegal war and occupation of Iraq ~ here is a must see short but powerful video ( with music by Pink Floyd ) that will fully bring this tragic human waste home to you ~ as it most certainly did with me. Please feel free to share it with others ~ it is well worth the short wait as it loads. theunitedamerican.blogs.com/Movies/2000A/2000.htmlCourtesy : My friend Allen L Roland Note : A powerful video indeed. If the Iraqi and Afghani deaths are recorded on a similar video then we would need an unending album of Pink Floyd's music.
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DT1
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You know, it's not like I wanted to be right about all of this...
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Post by DT1 on Oct 10, 2005 7:35:19 GMT 4
Pink Floyd,did you say?Here's an open letter to the bloodthirsty neocon thugs who concieved this tragic,pointless war:
You have a natural tendency To squeeze off a shot You're good fun at parties You wear the right masks You're old but you still Like a laugh in the locker room You can't abide change And you're home on the range You opened the suitcase Behind the old workings To show off the magnum You deafened the canyon A comfort a friend Only upstaged in the end By the Uzi machine gun Does the recoil remind you Remind you of sex Old man what the hell you gonna kill next Old timer, who you gonna kill next
I looked over Jordan and what did I see Saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris I swam in your pools And lay under your palm trees I looked in the eyes of the Indian Who lay on the Federal Building steps And through the range finder over the hill I saw the front line boys popping their pills Sick of the mess they find on their desert stage And the bravery of being out of range Yeah the question is vexed Old man what the hell you gonna kill next Old timer who you gonna kill next
Hey bartender, over here Two more shots And two more beers Sir, turn up the TV sound The war has started on the ground Just love those laser guided bombs They're really great for righting wrongs You hit the target, win the game From bars 3,000 miles away 3,000 miles away We play the game With the bravery of being out of range We zap and maim With the bravery of being out of range We strafe the train With the bravery of being out of range We gain terrain With the bravery of being out of range We play the game With the bravery of being out of range
-- Roger Waters(founder,Pink Floyd)
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Post by jay paulson on Oct 22, 2005 1:58:33 GMT 4
21 OCT In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, an engineer at the Dimona nuclear centre, revealed the existence of the secret Israeli nuclear program. Kidnapped in Italy by the Israeli secret services he was judged behind doors and jailed for 18 years. Although he is banned from contacting reporters and is forbidden to leave Israel, Mordechai Vanunu answers Silvia Cattori’s questions in an exclusive interview for Voltaire Network. Follows a few selections from the interview, which may be seen in its entirety at: www.voltairenet.org/article129838.htmlSilvia Cattori: Wasn’t it a big risk for you to reveal to the world that your own country had nuclear weapons? Mordechai Vanunu: If I decided to do it, it was because Israeli authorities were lying. They constantly said that Israel’s political leaders had no intentions of acquiring nuclear weapons. However, they were producing amounts of radioactive substances that could only serve that goal: manufacturing nuclear weapons. They were significant amounts. I calculated that at that time, in 1986, they already had 200 atomic bombs. They had also started to manufacture hydrogen bombs, very powerful ones. So I decided to reveal what they were secretly doing. I also wanted to prevent the Israelis from using atomic bombs and to avoid a nuclear war in the Middle East. I wanted to contribute to peace in the region. Israel, having such extremely powerful weapons, could work for peace. It had no reason to fear a Palestinian or even an Arab threat as it had the necessary weapons to survive. Silvia Cattori: Were you worried about security in the region? Mordechai Vanunu: Yes, that is right. Of course, I did not do it for the Israeli people. Israelis had elected that government and that government had decided to produce nuclear weapons. All Israelis follow very closely the policy of the Israeli government… But, as far as I am concerned, I was acting by taking into account the point of view of humankind, of a human being, of all human beings of the Middle East and also of the world. Because many other countries could do what Israel had done ..................... Silvia Cattori: Then, they could not break you mentally? Mordechai Vanunu: Absolutely not. My goal was to get out of there and to speak to the world, letting Israeli authorities know that they had failed. My goal was to survive and that was my biggest victory over all those espionage organizations. They managed to kidnap me, to drag me to their court, to keep me isolated for 18 years… and I survived all that. Of course, I suffered. But I survived. In spite of all their crimes I am still alive. Even my health is excellent! I am strong. Certainly, that is why I went through the test. .................... Silvia Cattori: What is your opinion about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty knowing that, in the case of Israel, “nuclear ambiguity” is tolerated while Iran is kept under pressure, even when the latter is submitted to inspections? Mordechai Vanunu: All countries should be open to international inspections and to tell the truth about what they are secretly doing in their nuclear facilities. Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Almost 180 countries have done it, including all Arab countries. Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan… all Israeli neighbours have opened their borders to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Israel is the worst example. It is the only country that has refused to sign the treaty. The United States and Europe should start to pay attention to the Israeli case. Israel must be treated like any other country. We have to put an end to hypocrisy and to make Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel has to accept the IAEA inspectors in Dimona.
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